Kayak model

Museum number:
2-2082
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020002082
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover, upturned prow with small hole. 4 carved ivory rests on foreward deck attached to rawhide thongs. 1 ivory spear thrower; 1 double bladed paddle; 2 single bladed paddles with crossbar handles; 5 harpoons with ivory foreshafts and points (1 with metal tip); 1 carved wood float, zoomorphic form with feathered tail; red painted geometric design on fixtures; 1 mat of wood slats (probably served as seat in manhole).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
King Island, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
King Island Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kayaks and Models (concepts)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 65 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Adney and Chapelle, p. 198-9, fig. 181 for King Island kayak. cf. Nelson, p. 220 and pl. LXXIX, fig. 4 for King Island kayak.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #78: Sather Gate Book Shop (May 21, 1962–June 5, 1962)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2082, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover, upturned prow with small hole. 4 carved ivory rests on foreward deck attached to rawhide thongs. 1 ivory spear thrower; 1 double bladed paddle; 2 single bladed paddles with crossbar handles; 5 harpoons with ivory foreshafts and points (1 with metal tip); 1 carved wood float, zoomorphic form with feathered tail; red painted geometric design on fixtures; 1 mat of wood slats (probably served as seat in manhole).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2082, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover, upturned prow with small hole. 4 carved ivory rests on foreward deck attached to rawhide thongs. 1 ivory spear thrower; 1 double bladed paddle; 2 single bladed paddles with crossbar handles; 5 harpoons with ivory foreshafts and points (1 with metal tip); 1 carved wood float, zoomorphic form with feathered tail; red painted geometric design on fixtures; 1 mat of wood slats (probably served as seat in manhole).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2082, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover, upturned prow with small hole. 4 carved ivory rests on foreward deck attached to rawhide thongs. 1 ivory spear thrower; 1 double bladed paddle; 2 single bladed paddles with crossbar handles; 5 harpoons with ivory foreshafts and points (1 with metal tip); 1 carved wood float, zoomorphic form with feathered tail; red painted geometric design on fixtures; 1 mat of wood slats (probably served as seat in manhole).

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